Hogan Lovells US LLP has a formidable client list of blue-chip issuers for which it frequently advises on large-ticket debt offerings. Banks and sovereign issuers are also a core element of the client base. The capital markets team has broad coverage of debt products, including convertible notes, medium-term notes, high-yield debt, sovereign debt and liability management. It has a particularly strong record in the real estate, life sciences and healthcare, and TMT industries. Washington DC partner Eve Howard is global head of capital markets and has a fine record in bulge-bracket offerings for blue-chip clients. New York’s Stuart Morrissy provides further senior expertise in high-yield debt. Northern Virginia partner Kevin Greenslade also handles high-value investment grade and high-yield debt offerings.    

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Testimonials

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  • 'The Hogan team has been advising us on debt offering transactions for many years. Their expertise is broad and deep. The team is very practical, proactive, very reliable and highly responsive to our needs. They are great legal partners and have always given us sound and thoughtful advice. We have a lot of confidence in working with the Hogan team.'
  • 'Rich Parrino and Kevin Greenslade have always gone above and beyond to offer advice and find practical solutions for us. They are top-notch lawyers and have great judgment and great command of substance. They are both trusted advisers, very resourceful and are highly regarded in the legal community. We are always in good hands with them.'

Key clients

  • Advance Auto Parts Inc.
  • Bank of America
  • BOC Aviation
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • Dell Technologies Inc.
  • Equifax Inc.
  • Elevance Health, Inc.
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
  • NextNav, Inc.
  • UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
  • Wells Fargo

Work highlights

  • Advised UnitedHealth on an aggregate of $13.5bn senior notes offerings and on the successful implementation and closing of two parallel consent solicitations of holders of $3bn of outstanding senior notes in connection with indenture amendments.
  • Advised Lockheed Martin on an aggregate of $6bn SEC-registered bond offerings.
  • Advised Dell Technologies on the establishment of its $5bn commercial paper programme.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Eve Howard

Other key lawyers

Stuart Morrissy, Kevin Greenslade, Richard Parrino